单词 | bo-peep |
释义 | bo-peepn. 1. a. A nursery play with a young child, who is kept in excitement by the nurse or play-mate alternately concealing herself (or her face), and peeping out for a moment at an unexpected place, to withdraw again with equal suddenness. Johnson says ‘The act of looking out and then drawing back as if frighted, or with the purpose to fright some other’. Hence to play (at) bo-peep (with); also figurative, in many obvious applications. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > bo-peep bo-peep1528 bo-keik1535 peekaboo1600 hity-tity1609 titbore tatbore1614 peep-bo1660 peep1677 teet-boa1774 hide-and-peep1832 peep-eye1887 teetie-bo1892 1528 W. Tyndale Doctr. Treat. (1848) 214 Mark how he playeth bo-peep with the scripture. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. A.vii Yf Tindal wyll..playe boo pepe withe the tencis. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) iii. i. 35 This blinded State, that plaies at boa-peep wth vs. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Q Her pretty feet Like snailes did creep A little out, and then, As if they played at Bo-peep, Did soon draw in agen. 1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James (1673) 526 Forced to..die in a Prison, or play at Bo-peep all the remainder of their days with their Creditors. 1701 Interest of England 34 Men..That..do nothing but play at Bo-peep with God Almighty. a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1850) II. 217 What fancy so pretty is playing bo-peep With the innocent's thoughts in the fields of sleep? b. as interjection. ΚΠ c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.i Bo pepe what have I spyed, a bug I trow, deuysing of proud knacks. c. attributive. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. ix, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2v/1 Were these your bo-peep prayers? 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iii. v. 31 There will be a good Bo-peep love. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches xxiv. 547 For the President, in bo-peep secrecy to hide himself in the White House. 2. A look; = peep n.2 1b. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1941 Coast to Coast 67 ‘I'll 'ave a bo-peep,’ he said. ‘You gotter watch 'er. We don't want no dead pups.’ 1945 L. Glassop We were Rats ii. xiii. 79 Let's take a bo-peep at what they got in the canteen. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 61 A smart-looking piece of goods..having a bo-peep out of the bathroom window. 1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate (1963) 91 Have a bo-peep at this little lot. 1969 Landfall 23 323 Take a bo-peep at old Lionel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bo-peepv. rare. intransitive. To play bo-peep. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [verb (intransitive)] > play bo-peep bo-peep1606 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. ci. 400 Why should faces faire indeed bo-peepe behinde a Fanne? a1845 R. H. Barham Wedding-day in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 206 The National School..Bo-peeping 'midst ‘many a mouldering heap’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1528v.1606 |
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